Verb

look sharp (third-person singular simple present looks sharp, present participle looking sharp, simple past and past participle looked sharp)Category:English lemmas#LOOKSHARPCategory:English verbs#LOOKSHARPCategory:English multiword terms#LOOKSHARPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOOKSHARPCategory:Pages with entries#LOOK%20SHARPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LOOK%20SHARP

1. (chiefly imperative) Pay attention; be alert.
2. (chiefly imperative) Hurry up; work quickly.

   Synonym: look snappy

   • 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:

     Have you made a fire in the grate? / Not yet, I am just going to make one. / Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very fierce.

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